3.4 Terms and concepts practice
This activity will help you to test some of the terms and concepts you've been introduced to.
Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 10 items in each list.
actuator
Bluetooth
Cloud computing
sensor
controller
Java
TCP/IP
small business or home business wireless router
Linux
6LoWPAN
Match each of the previous list items with an item from the following list:
a.... forwards data gathered from sensors to other devices on an M2M network
b.... servers and services are dispersed all over the globe in distributed database centres
c.IPv6-based low power wireless communication protocol
d.... required for devices that communicate directly across the Internet
e.a motor that can be used to move or control a mechanism or system according to a specific set of instructions
f.connects devices on a local LAN with the internet
g.a short-range wireless communication protocol suite that transmits data via low-powered radio waves
h.a 'thing' that measures a physical property and converts that data into an electrical signal
i.an operating system that allows humans to interact with computers
j.a popular object-oriented programming language that works on multiple platforms
- 1 = e,
- 2 = g,
- 3 = b,
- 4 = h,
- 5 = a,
- 6 = j,
- 7 = d,
- 8 = f,
- 9 = i,
- 10 = c